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AMENDMENT X

AMENDMENT XI

AMENDMENT XII

AMENDMENT XIII

Section 1

Section 2

AMENDMENT XIV

Section 1

Section 2

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AMENDMENT X

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[Powers Reserved to States or People]

The powers

not delegated

to the United States

by the Constitution,

nor prohibited

by it

to the States,

are reserved

to the States respectively,

or to the people.

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AMENDMENT XI

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[Proposed by Congress

on March 4, 1794;

declared ratified

on January 8, 1798.]

[Restriction of Judicial Power]

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The Judicial power

of the United States

shall not be construed

to extend

to any suit

in law or equity,

commenced

or prosecuted

against one

of the United States

by Citizens

of another State,

or by Citizens

or Subjects

of any Foreign State.

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AMENDMENT XII

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[Proposed by Congress

on December 9, 1803;

declared ratified

on September 25, 1804.]

[Election of President

and Vice President]

The Electors

shall meet

in their respective states

and vote by ballot

for President

and Vice-President,

one of whom,

at least,

shall not be an inhabitant

of the same state

with themselves;

they shall name

in their ballots

the person voted for

as President,

and

in distinct ballots

the person voted for

as Vice- President,

and

they shall make

distinct lists

of all persons voted for

as President,

and

of all persons voted for

as Vice-President,

and

of the number of votes

for each,

which lists

they shall sign and certify,

and transmit

sealed

to the seat

of the government

of the United States,

directed to

the President

of the Senate;

-- the President

of the Senate shall,

in presence

of the Senate

and House of Representatives,

open

all the certificates

and the votes

shall then be counted;

-- The person

having the greatest number

of votes

for President,

shall be

the President,

if such number

be a majority

of the whole number

of Electors appointed;

and if no person

have such majority,

then

from the persons

having

the highest numbers

not exceeding three

on the list

of those voted for

as President,

the House of Representatives

shall choose immediately,

by ballot,

the President.

But in choosing

the President,

the votes

shall be taken

by states,

the representation

from each state

having one vote;

a quorum

for this purpose

shall consist

of a member

or members

from two-thirds

of the states,

and a majority

of all the states

shall be necessary

to a choice.

And if

the House of Representatives

shall not choose

a President

whenever

the right of choice

shall devolve

upon them,

before the fourth day

of March next following,

then the Vice-President

shall act

as President,

as in the case

of the death

or other constitutional disability

of the President.

-- The person

having the greatest number

of votes

as Vice-President,

shall be

the Vice-President,

if such number

be a majority

of the whole number

of Electors appointed,

and

if no person

have a majority,

then

from the two

highest numbers

on the list,

the Senate

shall choose

the Vice-President;

a quorum

for the purpose

shall consist

of two-thirds

of the whole number

of Senators,

and

a majority

of the whole number

shall be necessary

to a choice.

But no person

constitutionally ineligible

to the office

of President

shall be eligible

to that

of Vice-President

of the United States.

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AMENDMENT XIII

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[Proposed by Congress

on January 31, 1865;

declared ratified

on December 18, 1865.]

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Section 1

[Abolition of Slavery]

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Neither slavery

nor involuntary servitude,

except

as a punishment

for crime

whereof the party

shall have been

duly convicted,

shall exist

within the United States,

or any place

subject to

their jurisdiction.

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Section 2

[Power to Enforce This Article]

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Congress

shall have power

to enforce this article

by appropriate legislation.

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AMENDMENT XIV

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[Proposed by Congress

on June 13, 1866;

declared ratified

on July 28, 1868.]

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Section 1

[Citizenship Rights

Not To Be Abridged by States]

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All persons

born

or naturalized

in the United States,

and subject to

the jurisdiction thereof,

are citizens

of the United States

and of the State

wherein they reside.

No State

shall make

or enforce any law

which shall abridge

the privileges

or immunities

of citizens

of the United States;

nor shall any State

deprive any person

of life, liberty,

or property,

without due process

of law;

nor deny

to any person

within its jurisdiction

the equal protection

of the laws.

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Section 2

[Apportionment of Representatives

in Congress]

Representatives

shall be apportioned

among the several States

according to

their respective numbers,

counting

the whole number

of persons

in each State,

excluding

Indians not taxed.

But when

the right to vote

at any election

for the choice

of electors

for President

and Vice-President

of the United States,

Representatives

in Congress,

the Executive

and Judicial officers

of a State,

or the members

of the Legislature

thereof,

is denied to any

of the male inhabitants

of such State,

being

twenty-one years of age,

and citizens

of the United States,

or in any way abridged,

except

for participation

in rebellion,

or other crime,

the basis

of representation

therein

shall be reduced

in the proportion

which the number

of such male citizens

shall bear

to the whole number

of male citizens

twenty-one years of age

in such State.

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